Church van driver killed, other driver faces drunken driving charges

11:30 AM,
Nov. 4, 2013

Police are seen at the scene of a fatal accident Sunday night involving a church van at 46th Street and Emerson Avenue on Nov. 3, 2013. Several other people were injured in the accident, some seriously.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR

The driver of a church van was killed in an accident Sunday night with another vehicle on Indianapolis' Northeastside, and the other motorist involved has been arrested on preliminary charges of drunken driving and leaving the scene of a fatal accident.

The driver - identified as Edward Sadler, 51 - was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred just before 8 p.m. at East 46th Street and North Emerson Avenue, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department report. The name of the deceased was being withheld pending notification of relatives.